SWAT team tries to remove man from central Fort Collins home

Aug. 6, 2013

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Fort Collins police on Monday night were trying to extract a man from a home after his roommates said he threatened them with a knife.

The man, 19, ignored repeated commands to leave the single-story rental home on Duke Lane, just east of College Avenue near Stover, said police Capt. Jerry Schiager.

"He's got a history of resisting the police in the past," Schaiger said.

More than 15 marked police cars were in the neighborhood, along with the SWAT team's Bearcat armored vehicle.

Police repeatedly made loud announcements ordering the man out of the home, and also exploded two "flash bang" grenades in an effort to get the man's attention. Schiager said the man is aware police officers are outside.

Schiager said there was no immediate danger to the neighborhood, and the manís roommates had left the home without injury before police arrived.

The police activity drew dozens of residents out of their homes to watch from several blocks away.

Schiager said officers considered backing off in hopes he might calm down, but "you've got people displaced, his roommates threatened, so you have a responsibility there."